Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1916 — GOSSIP by OUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INTEREST YOU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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WOLCOTT .(Troni the Enterprise) Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beal spent Wednesday night in Remington. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rayle Tuesday, March 28, a son. Mrs. J. A. Sell of Brook is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scripter of Logansport spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carl. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ornie Klop-

fenstein at their home in Seafield Tuesday, March 28, a son. Miss Mary Mellen of Remington was the guest Wednesday of her sisters, Misses Anna and Theresa Mellen. Miss Ethel Renfrew of Indianapolis came Tuesday and is visiting her grandfather, Charles Hufty and daughter. Geo. F. Baker has sold his residence property on South Range street, to G. M. Palmer of MonrOe county, Mich. A seven and one-half pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Perman L. Mattox Saturday, March 25, named Frank Louis. Mrs. J. M. Biesecker and son Morris returned Friday from a week's visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bosch, at Kentland. George Jackson shipped his household goods to Logansport last Friday.--. George has a position in the Pennsylvania shops. Mr. and Mrs. Milroy Sigman spent Saturday and Sunday with A. C Burns and family and Sant Harper and family, northeast of Reynolds. Mrs. G. W. Livingstone was at Indianapolis Monday and Tuesday in attendance at a meeting of the state board of the Baptist church, of which she is a member. Mrs. Arthur Hawn and little daughter of Logansport, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Snick, for a few days, returned home Sunday evening. IMiss Carrie Miller, who was taken to St. Elizabeth’s hospital at Lafayette a couple of weeks ago by Dr. J. R. Ravenscroft, was successfully operated on for appendicitis Thursday. Mrs. Henry Jaegers, who is taking treatment for tuberculosis at the Balowin tuberculosis sanitarium at Kalamazoo, Mich., came home Saturday much improved. Mrs. Jaegers will return to the hospital at stated intervals for further treatment. T. X. Boicourt, formerly of Beech Grove, son of E. G. Boicourt of this place, went to Mayo Bros.’ hospital at Rochester, Minn., to take treatment for parasites of the bowels. E. G. Boicourt received word from his son this week, saying it would not. be necessary to have an operation performed and that he would return home shortly. His many friends here will be glad to hear this good news.

FRANCESVILLK (From Che Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. John Kruger went to Indianapolis yesterday morning. Mrs. Andy Minnicus of Reynolds was the guest of relatives here Monday. v S Miss Clara Ames went to Chicago Tuesday to spend a few days with relatives. > I’lva Markley was called to Danville. 111., Saturday on account of the sickness of a relative. Mrs. Mike Smith has returned from Weston, 111., where she spent some time with her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Lidka, who is recovering from an operation. Mrs. Mary Markin of Fairmount, Minn., is here visiting with her parents, Air. and Airs. Peyton Davisson, and her sisters, Mrs. Oliver Engle and Mrs. IL (\ Jentz. Stanley Merica and,.Donald Williams, students at Purctee university, were the guests at the ; home of the former’s parents, Air. and Mrs. Alexander AI erica, over Sunday.

The little son of Mr. and Mrs.' Albert: Cox, living near Beardstown in thin county, died Saturday of diphtheria. The cases at the home of Alvin Zellers in Winainac are improving. J Three adjusters, representing the nine insurance companies interested in the loss of the Myers elevator, were here last Friday—just six days, after the fire —-and settled in full ar $ 10,047.90. John W. Burget, formerly one of the aggressive and enterprising citi-j zens and business men of this corn- j munity, was here the first of the week visiting with his son Garfield and family and old friends. He has been living on their old home place near Newman, 111., hut he is contemplating a change to Valparaiso. . j The Tribune is in receipt of the Irorpiois County Democrat, mailed to! this office by Mrs. Grace Musgrave Taylor, a former resident of this] community. Across the top of the paper is a large headline in black type stating That the recent cyclone I which started in that country and swept across Indiana injured fourteen people there,, three of which re-] suited fatally since then, and damaged property to the amount of $('>00,000. The point hardest hit was Beavervilie, where scarcely a build-1 ing was left untouched by the ravages of the storm. The tornado struck there about 0 o’clock and about 10 it sw.ept through White i county below us which will give, the] readers some idea as to the velocity' it was traveling. The damage in, the two states is estimated at over j $2,000,000. A sudden and unexpected death was that of Mrs. Albert Anderson which occurred at the family resi- j dence in Francesville Saturday even ’ ing about 6 o’clock. The cause of her death was uremic poisoning, the re’sult of having been almost asphyx- ] Sated on Thursday morning from the fumes that escaped from their base burner. The night before when Mr. Anderson returned front town the lire was burning rather low and he, put in a bucket of coal as it was then below the magazine. About! 2:30 the following morning he and 1 her sister were awakened by her screams as she was overcome by the escaping gas; they were all affected by it, hut her condition was the more critical because she had a goitre which had been giving her much 1 trouble. Dr. Ives was; called there to give them relief, hut Mrs. Anderson failed to rally from the Shock and, the complications that followed resulted fatally. The death of Charles E. Culp, for- 1 merV.v of this place, occurred at his, home in Lacross Thursday night at 10 o’clock. The information received here that he was dead came as a great surprise because very few people knew that he had been sick. The cause of his death was heart failure following a two weeks’ Sickness from pneumonia. Charles ward Culp, son of James and Elizabeth Culp, was born in Jasper

county December 2, 1871; his age was 44 years, 3 months and 21 days. April 12, 1896, he was united in marriage to Belle Hutchison of Pulaski county ; to this union four children were born. He was a member of the Christian church, Frances-1 ville Knights of Pythias lodge No. 39 6 and the Modern Woodmen of America. There remains to mourn his devoted wife, his four children, Docia, Clarence, Fern, Raymond; his aged mother, Mrs, James Culp, of Mon on; three brothers, William, .James and Otis of Jasper county; two sisters, Mrs. George Dong of Mon on and Mrs. George Logan of Gillam. The funeral service was held Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at the Christian church in Francesville, Rev. Harry iHluber officiating. Burial was made in the cemetery east of town.